to apologize (apologise); to refuse; to decline; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by)
commuting to school; school commute
rush (of people or activity); rush (sudden forward motion); rush hour; rushes; dailies
heated (e.g. debate); passionate
platform; home; home base; home plate
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to slide into; to slip into
to board (a train, plane, etc.); to get into (a car); to get on (a bus); to march into; to enter; to arrive (at, in)
university town; college town
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
to gather; to collect; to assemble
inside a car (train, bus, etc.)
student (esp. a university student)
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
harmless (remark, topic, etc.); inoffensive; safe; bland; neutral (attitude); noncommittal (reply)
to have a talk; to tell a story
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
feeling; sense; impression
midsummer; height of summer
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
tedious; boring; being fed up with
sports club (e.g. at school); sports department (e.g. in a newspaper)
to be bothered (by something); to suffer
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
but; however; provided that